Safety-pin



(No Model.)

J. JENKINS.

SAFETY PIN.

No. 380,896. a Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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JOEL JENKINS, OF MONTCLAIR, NEWV JERSEY.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,896, dated April10, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOEL JENKINs, ofMont clair, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSafety-Pins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved safety-pin; Fig. 2, a transverse section in line :0 0c of Fig.1, upon a greatly-enlarged scale, illustrating the construction andarrangement of the pivoted guide; and Fig. 3, a similar sectionillustrating the pivoted guide when constructed with a notch in the freeend, whereby it is adapted to lock the pin.

The objectof my invention is to facilitate the movement of the pin intothe shield in its approach thereto from either side by furnishing aninclined guide therefor, and to provide a simple effective lock for thepin by means of said guide.

It consists in the combination, with the bar of a safety-pin, ofaguide-finger pivoted to the bar so that its free end, extendingtherefrom, may vibrate from side to side within the shield, and whichfor use as a lock may be formed with a notch or recess in said free end.

In the accompanging drawings, A represents the bar of a safety-pin; B,its coil or spring; 0, the pin and its point, and D the shield underwhich the point is caught and protected. In its construction the pinmay,

as to its several details above mentioned, follow any of the approvedforms or styles now in use.

E represents a bit of wire flattened more or less and bent at one endaround the bar A, so as to be hinged thereto, and which projectstherefrom into the open end of the shield D to serve as an inclinedguide for the point of the pin, whereby the pin will be made to slide upunder the shield when pressed in from either side thereof. lhe guidethus pivoted to the bar is ftee to swing from side to side of theshield, so that from whichever side the pin is brought to bear againstit it will assume an inclined positiomwhich will greatly facilitate Uthe movement of the pin as it is carried up over it into the shield. Thefree end of the guide E may be pointed, as shown at m in Fig. 2, so thatby pressing down the pin 0 to disengage it from the shield D it willpass out on that side of the guide toward which it is carriedirrespective of the position of the guide.

WVhen it is desired to produce a locking of the pin within the shield,the free end of the pivoted guide is notched or recessed, as shown at n,Fig. 3, so that the end of the pin may rest in the notch or recess andbe prevented thereby from dropping out of the shield when under tension,its release being effected,when desired,by liftingit out of the notchand pressing it to one side.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A pivoted guide vibrating within the shieldof a safety-pin, substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinset forth.

2. A pivoted guide vibrating within the shield of a safety-pin, andwhose free end is recessed to engage the point of the pin, substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOEL JENKINS.

Witnesses:

A. N. Jnsnnna, E. M. Warrson.

